Collapsible receptacle.



No. 655,680. Patented Aug. I4, |900. S. BACHMANN.

GOLLAPSIBLE RECEPTACLE.

(Application filed Npvl 8, 1897.

No. 655,680. Patented Aug. |4, mu.' s. BACHMANN.

CULLAPYSIBLE RECEPTACLE.

(Application led Nov. 8, 1897.) (No-Model.) 2 Sheath-Sheet 2.- Z ff A'/ nu: Nonms sirens co., PNOTQUTHO.. wAsHmnTum q.c.

UNITED STATES SIEGMUND BACIIMANN,

COLLAPSIBLE PATENT OFFICE.

or` CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Lettes Patent N0. 655,680, dated August 14, 1900. Application led November 8, 1897. Serial No. 657,740. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIEGMUND BACI'IMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Receptacles, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a new and useful collapsible receptacle, such as a paper bag or boX, and `is designed to produce such a receptacle as will in its collapsed state be creased on only one side and will have its bottom folded between the sides, so that when it is thrown open -the bottom will be flat, so that it will stand up readily and the sides will be held in their proper position, and so that the mouth of the receptacle will stand open.

My invention further relates to a collapsible receptacle, such as a paper box, in which a lid is formed from a continuation of one of the creased sides, so that when the box is in shape and the lid is folded down over the top to close it the action of the lid against the creased side, and vice versa,wi1l be to straighten them out, and thus prevent any tendency to collapse, owing to the presence of the crease or creases produced by the folds in its collapsed state.

My invention nally relates to a collapsi ble receptable, such as a paper bag, in which the bottom, which is creased in its collapsed state, will be reinforced by a portion of the blank from which the bag is cut, so as to double the thickness of the bottom where the creases meet to form angles and where there would be a tendency to break. i

In order to more fullydisclose my invention, I annex hereto two sheets of drawings, in which the same letters of reference are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my iinproved receptacle in its opened-out condition with its lid slightly open. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the receptacle almost completely collapsed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which it is made, showing the creases. Fig. et is a perspective view of my receptacle, showing the interior thereof and the reinforced bottom with another form of lid shown :in dotted lines; and Fig. 5 is a plan View of the blank for the receptacle shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawings I have shown the recepta cle of a generally-rectangular shape; but it `will be understood that in some of its fea= tures my invention is not confined to a rectangular box or bag.

A is the rear side, B is the bottom, and C is the front side, and the ends E are formed by the overlapping pieces a and c, integralwith the sides A and C, respectively, and pasted or otherwise fastened lto each other and. the portion b, integral with and turned up from the bottom B. The lid is shown as formed of two parts F and G, integral with the sides C and A, respectively, and which may have the piecesf and g, constituting aps. When the lid is folded down, it may be secured in place by the strings H in the customary manner.

When the receptacle is collapsed, as shown in Fig. 2, the ends E and side A remain uncreased; but the side C is so divided by creases that it may be considered as com# posed of three parts c', c2, and c3. rllhe portion F of the lid is creased into the parts f', f2, and f3, while the bottom B is creased into the parts b', b2, b3, b4, b5, and b". In the col# lapsed state the bottom B and the side C are folded between the side A and the ends E, which overlap, as will be seen from Fig. Owing to the fact that the bottom in folding is creased on all four of its sides, when the re; ceptacle is thrown open the bottom flattens out and causes it to stand squarely. The uncreased side A and ends E, together with the bottom, act against the creases of the side C and hold it in its proper extended position. When, in addition to this, the lid F is shut down and also acts against the creases, the side C is completely prevented from collaps= ing. Whenmthe lid is opened, the fact that it is integral with the side or sides serves to hold itopen, which is convenient in filling the boxes.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown the lid as composed of a single piece and having in addition to the fiaps f the flaps f4. In these figures I have also shown a preferred construction for paper bags in which the parts b are made narrower and longer and are folded down upon and fastened to the lbottom B, covering the angles of the creases, and thus materially strengthening the bottom. In this form the function of the pieces ZI of the other roe form is taken by the pieces a4and c4, integral with the pieces a ando and which are folded onto and' fastened to the bottom B above the pieces b, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

My invention is capable of being modified in some particulars in the matter of the shape of the blanks and how the parts are folded and overlapped, and I do not desire to be limited to the exact construction shown and described, but only as may be necessitated by the state of the art. and the terms of the following claims.

1. A collapsible receptacle comprising the uncreased side A and ends E, the creased bottom-B and creased side C both folded between the side A and*y ends E When it is collapsed, and the lid F integral With .the side C' and correspondingly creased and coacting therewith when closed4 down to prevent the tendency to collapse, substantially as shogvn and described.

2. A collapsible receptacle comprising the uncreased side A, the creased side C, the uncre'ased ends E composed of the parts a and c; and the bottom B reinforced by the parts b, and fastened to the ends bythe pieces a4 and c4; the bottom B and side C both being folded between the side A and ends E when collapsed, substantially as shown and deo Witnesses:

O. E. BURNAP, GEO. CHASE. 

